Board Chairwoman Lynn Burroughs was retained Tuesday on a 2,195 to 1,826 vote. Board member Mark Henderson held onto his seat by a 2,328 to 1,764 vote.

"After last night's election, the board is still the way the board was," district Superintendent Walt Wegener said Wednesday. "It's nice to have stability and have it behind us. It's a very fracturing event."

The trouble began when some school officials accused board member Kyle Knight, who was elected at age 19, of talking out of turn to local media about a district employee suspected of theft and a police investigation into possible street gang activity.

The board censured Knight, denying him access to student and personnel information and forbidding him to serve on some committees or talk to district employees. Knight complained to the Oregon attorney general and other state agencies, then filed a $700,000 lawsuit in September against the 2,100-student district, Wegener, Burroughs and Henderson in U.S. District Court in Pendleton, claiming his civil rights were violated.

Not long afterward, a recall campaign against Burroughs and Henderson began. Wegener said the board's next meeting is this coming Tuesday.